OBAMA DAILY NEWS THREAD Friday Feb-22-08

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1. NY Magazine wrap up of Democratic debate - sums blogs and news

New York Magazine has a wrap up of last night's Democratic debate in Texas with min summaries of
various blogs ranging from Talking Points Memo, Politico.com New Republic, Swampland, Slate and more.
Quick way to see what is out there.

And the Winner of the Democratic Debate Is …

The pundits seemingly had Hillary Clinton’s plan all mapped out before last night’s debate. She has to go for the jugular, they said. This is one of her last chances to knock Barack Obama down off his pedestal, they claimed. Well, besides her half-hearted, manufactured zinger on Obama’s alleged “plagiarism” (“It’s not change you can believe in, it’s change you can Xerox”), which the audience booed, Clinton took the high road, and even earned a standing ovation for her conciliatory final answer. The pundits, far from feeling upset at having their advice shunned, have largely applauded Clinton — though without, for the most part, granting her the win.

more at the link

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2. Hillary: I Will Press To Get Florida And Michigan Delegations Seated

Hillary acted last night in the debates as if she wouldn't do this:

Hillary: I Will Press To Get Florida And Michigan Delegations Seated

By Greg Sargent - February 22, 2008, 10:45AM
In a strongly-worded interview with Texas Monthly, Hillary leaves very little doubt that the campaign is preparing to get serious about getting the Florida and Michigan delegations seated.

"The people of those two states disregarded adamantly the DNC’s decision that they would not seat the delegates. They came out and voted," Hillary told the mag. "They wanted their voices heard. More than 2 million people came out. I mean, it was record turnout for a primary."

Asked if it's her intention to press the issue, Hillary said:

"Yes, it is. Yes, it is. It’s in large measure because both the voters and elected officials in Michigan and Florida feel so strongly about this. Senator Bill Nelson, of Florida, early on in the process actually sued because he thinks it’s absurd on its face that 1.7 million Democrats who eventually voted would basically be disregarded, and I agree with him about that."

Mark Halperin says that this is "some of her strongest language on the topic." Indeed, it leaves little doubt that this is a key component of the Clinton campaign's endgame, and they're not giving up on it easily.

Too bad she didnt' answer more fully at the debate, imagine the rest of the questions?

[jasmine621]

6. We may all be thanking Hillary for pushing for these delegates.

It does not mean that they will for sure be hers in the end but FL and MI are important to the Dems in the GE. Why piss off 1.7 million voters?

[grantcart]

3. Please see and update this thread on SuperDelegates thank you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4708039

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4. What Obama Has Accomplished - good stuff

A diarist at Daily Kos has done a great overview comparing Obama and Clinton's legislative "accomplishments". This is one of the best reviews I have seen, and Obama comes out on top.
Its too long to put the details here, so I recommend you go to the link and see for yourself.

Grassroots Mom's diary :: ::

I looked up Obama and looked up Clinton. I looked at the bills that they both authored and introduced.
Anyone who has been around politics, and is honest, realizes that there are a lot of reasons why a Senator votes one way or another on bills or misses votes. However an examination of the bills that each of these Senators cared enough about to author and introduce revealed much to me: what they care about, what their priorities are, how they tackle problems. And the list of co-sponsors showed something about how they lead, inspire and work with others. Finally, looking at which bills actually passed is pretty indicative of how effective each would be at getting things done.

...Obama appears to have a better record last year in the Senate on getting his bills and amendments passed than does Clinton. I've listed everything that passed the Senate for each them at the end in boxes.

In my eyes Obama is the superior choice in every way. He cares about more of the issues that matter to me. Kids and health care are important but so is the issue of global warming, on which Clinton introduced not a single bill last year.

Obama is a leader. With bigger majorities in Congress, much of his agenda should sail through. He can inspire this country to change course on so many things, from health care to global warming, where attitudes have to be changed first. I remember Bill Clinton's endless laundry lists of small, focus group approved initiatives. For those who say Hillary will not govern like Bill did, I respond that the people who were doing the market testing of his proposed policies were Dick Morris, of course, and Mark Penn, who is now running Hillary's campaign

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5. Nader to be on Meet the Press Sunday, planning to run?

If you will recall, Nader campaigned AGAINST Al Gore and said that Gore was no better than GW Bush.

Ben Smith writes at Politico:

February 22, 2008

Nader hints at an announcement

Ralph Nader's exploratory committee just emailed his list: that he'll be on Meet the Press Sunday.
Wonder what he's going to talk about.

Use Nader's web contact form to tell him to get lost:
http://www.naderexplore08.org/contact/

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7. Voters Fall in Love in the Primaries. In the General Election, They Fall in Line.

Voters Fall in Love in the Primaries. In the General Election, They Fall in Line.

Fri, 02/22/2008 - 10:38am. EditorBlog
BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

Mark Karlin

Editor and Publisher

Randi Rhodes


February 22, 2008

We were listening to progressive radio on Thursday afternoon. Randi Rhodes was quoting Bill Clinton on some advice he gave her: "Randi, in primaries you fall in love; in general elections, you fall in line."

Given the range war over the primaries that has broken out on BuzzFlash and other progressive sites, it is a quotation worth remembering in terms of taking the White House back from the Republicans.

Thanks, Randi, we needed that "longview" perspective.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/052

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8. Transcript of Texas Debate

Austin Clinton/Obama Debate Primarily Civil and Basically a Draw. No Knockout Blows on Either Side. Transcript of Debate.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/22/america/21textdemdebate.php

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9. NY Times - Clinton Donors Worried by Campaign’s Spending - parties & luxury

Look at how Hillary has managed her campaign so far, and then imagine Hillary running the US economy.

Clinton Donors Worried by Campaign’s Spending

By MICHAEL LUO, JO BECKER and PATRICK HEALY
Published: February 22, 2008

Nearly $100,000 went for party platters and groceries before the Iowa caucuses, even though the partying mood evaporated quickly. Rooms at the Bellagio luxury hotel in Las Vegas consumed more than $25,000; the Four Seasons, another $5,000. And top consultants collected about $5 million in January, a month of crucial expenses and tough fund-raising.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s latest campaign finance report, published Wednesday night, appeared even to her most stalwart supporters and donors to be a road map of her political and management failings. Several of them, echoing political analysts, expressed concerns that Mrs. Clinton’s spending priorities amounted to costly errors in judgment that have hamstrung her competitiveness against Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.

“We didn’t raise all of this money to keep paying consultants who have pursued basically the wrong strategy for a year now,” said a prominent New York donor. “So much about her campaign needs to change — but it may be too late.”

....

The Clinton Campaign spending is concentrated at the top on expensive consultants, while the Obama campaign spends its money on infrastucture. If the campaign so far is an indicator, Hillary would have trouble funding a run for the General Election. (Except for Grandpa McCant is having so much trouble).

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10. What Was Clinton Saying? Caucus Readers Interpret

Will Hillary tear the Democratic Party apart or did she signal that she will go graciously?

February 22, 2008, 12:16 PM
What Was Clinton Saying? Caucus Readers Interpret

Caucus readers had strong views on Hillary Clinton's closing remarks in Thursday's debate,
with some seeing it as her valedictory, others seeing it as a ploy for sympathy and still others interpreting
it as a signal that she will stop short of tearing the Democratic Party apart.

...Last night’s debate ended with a riveting moment that left many Caucus Readers suspecting that Senator Hillary Clinton was conceding the race.

...But on NBC’s “Today Show,” asked whether she would continue her campaign regardless of what happens in Ohio and Texas on March 4, she said: “I don’t make predictions.”
It was a far cry from her bold assertion when she began her campaign more than a year ago, when she declared: “I’m in it to win it."

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11. WaPO: Its Over for Hillary - or "If Obama Went 0-for-10"

Eugene Robinson points out that if the tables were turned, the media would ask Obama to explain why he was still in the race. Gene also points out Hillary's flubbed campaign strategy and carelessness with money. Further, Eugene says "Most striking of all, to me, is that the campaign still can't settle on what kind of candidate Hillary Clinton should be."

Its Over For Hillary
If Obama Went 0-for-10 . . .

By Eugene Robinson
Friday, February 22, 2008; Page A23

Humor me while we conduct a little thought experiment. Imagine that Barack Obama had lost 10 contests in a row. Imagine that he now trailed Hillary Clinton substantially in the number of Democratic primaries and caucuses won, in total votes cast, in pledged convention delegates, in the overall delegate count, in fundraising and in the ineffable attribute called mojo. Imagine that Obama was struggling, at this late hour, to come up with the right message. What would the conventional wisdom say?

That it was over, of course. That Obama was toast. That staking everything on the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas was a starry-eyed hope, not a plan, and that it was time to smell the coffee.

Whenever Obama faced reporters, he'd have to answer tough questions. Why was he carrying on, knowing that he'd have to win by unrealistically large margins in all the remaining states to catch up? Didn't it worry him that relying on the superdelegates -- the Democratic establishment, basically -- to hand him the nomination could divide and weaken the party? Wasn't he concerned that Republican John McCain has such a head start in unifying his party and plotting his general election campaign?

The above, you will have noticed, is an accurate description of where Clinton stands right now. Yet nobody is forcing her to respond publicly to those painful questions. The reason is obvious: She's Hillary Clinton, and history suggests it's foolish to count out a Clinton until the last dog dies.

But history can be a deceptive guide -- and the Clinton campaign's failure to recognize that fact may be what finally dooms her candidacy.


...

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12. TX Poll: Obama 57 Clinton 43

No Joke People, TX Poll: Obama 57 Clinton 43

Obama Leading Clinton in Texas, According to Feb. 20 and 21 Statewide Survey by Decision Analyst
ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barack Obama has a double digit lead over Hillary Clinton in Texas, according to a statewide survey of 678 registered voters planning to vote in the March 4 Democratic Primary. The survey was conducted February 20 and 21 by Decision Analyst, a major national survey research firm. Decision Analyst projections indicate that if the election were held today Obama would win 57% to 43% over Clinton. The survey’s margin of error is 3 percentage points, plus or minus, at a 90% level of confidence.

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More here thanks to "hnmnf"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4701941&mesg_id=4701941

[grantcart]

13. Obama picks up another super delegate

please see thread below and kick

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4708039&mesg_id=4708039

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14. Bill O'Reilly Apologizes For Michelle Obama "Lynching" Remark

Bill's mealy mouthed "apology" (video at the link):

Bill O'Reilly Apologizes For Michelle Obama "Lynching" Remark
February 22, 2008

O'Reilly's exact words:

"While talking to a radio caller, I said there should be no lynching in the case, that comment off Clarence Thomas saying he was the victim of a high tech lynching (he said that on 60 Minutes, you may remember). I'm sorry if my statement offended anybody. That, of course, was not the intention. Context is everything."

Not enough. He should be fired.
Imus was fired for a simiarly offensive but less threatening remark. Orelly's was a threat, IMHO.

[Barack_America]

20. He truly doesn't get it.

So, he thinks that use of the word "lynch" is acceptable, depending on the context?

Unbelievable. :mad:


And yes, he deserves to be fired for this (and about one million previous offenses).

[MadBadger]

21. The problem with his apology, was that he didnt include the bad part..UNLESS threre's Evidence

He left that part out of his apology, and pretended he was merely defending her.

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15. IF YOU FIND THIS THREAD USEFUL

Its hard to keep this thread visible in the GD Primaries forum.

If you find the Obama daily news helpful, please consider stopping by to kick, recommend and or
add a news item.

Cross posts from other threads welcome.

:yourock:

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16. FEC Warns McCain on Campaign Spending

McCain is stuck with public financing now.

FEC Warns McCain on Campaign Spending
The nation's top federal election official told Sen. John McCain yesterday that he cannot immediately withdraw from the presidential public financing system as he had requested, a decision that threatens to dramatically restrict his spending until the general election campaign begins in the fall.

The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee, who still faces a fractured conservative coalition as he assumes the mantle of party leadership.

Yesterday, McCain blasted the New York Times for an article that alleged that he had an inappropriate, romantic relationship with a female lobbyist eight years ago. With his wife, Cindy, standing next to him at a Toledo campaign stop, he called the report "untrue" and assailed the newspaper, saying it was waging a "smear campaign" against him.

McCain's aides went on the offensive, blaming the Times. "Obviously, we were very angry," said senior adviser Steve Schmidt, speaking to reporters as McCain flew to Michigan from Ohio. "When we read the story, my initial reaction was that it was something you would see in the National Enquirer, not the New York Times."

Cindy McCain told reporters that she trusts her husband, saying that he "would never do anything to . . . disappoint our family" or the American people. "He's a man of great character."

[grantcart]

17. New historical record shows that Obama should catch up with Hillary by Mar 4

Please go here and go downthread please kick to keep visible thank you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4708039&mesg_id=4708039

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18. Clinton Campaigning As She Would Govern

Paul Jenkins: Clinton Campaigning As She Would Govern

It is mind-boggling that the Clinton campaign could have failed to understand the importance of two key factors: the yearning for change, and the distaste for the street-fighting brutality that is the Clintons' trademark.

more here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-jenkins/clinton-campaigning-as-sh_b_87953.html

[grantcart]

19. More superdelegates go for Obama today + 2.5

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4708039&mesg_id=4715456

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22. Obama adds one more super delegate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=132

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23. Consultant spending saps Clinton campaign

If she is ready from day 1 to run the country, why does she need to spend millions on campaign advisors? Worse, she is throwing money down a toilet on these idiots.

"Consultant spending saps Clinton campaign"

By: Kenneth P. Vogel
Feb 21, 2008 03:11 PM EST

Clinton last month doled out $15 million to a cadre of trusted political hands, mostly based in Washington.

Hillary Rodham Clinton started the year flush with cash, but by the beginning of this month, she'd blazed through most of it — spending $11 million on ads, $3.8 million on messaging guru Mark Penn and $1,300 at Dunkin' Donuts, to name just a few expenditures — leaving her campaign woefully unprepared for an extended battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.

About $15 million — or more than half of the New York senator’s January spending — went to a cadre of high-priced consultants. Though much of the cash went through the campaign media buyer for ad time, the considerable payments to outside consultants mark an increase in a pattern that has irked campaign insiders. From the beginning of the race through the end of last month, Clinton paid the consultants $33 million — nearly one-third of the $105 million spent by the campaign.

That provides some of the back story behind Clinton’s staff shake-up, her public appeals for campaign cash in the past two weeks and even her string of 10 straight losses to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama since Super Tuesday, Feb. 5....

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8619.html

which staffers went without pay?

Would she run her general election campaign any better?

Would she run our country as poorly?

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24. Senator Dole (NC) hopes it will be Hillary

"I think that if Hillary Clinton is the nominee, it will draw out a lot of Republican voters in the state of North Carolina, no question about it," she said.

link: http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/958958.html
Scroll down a bit to read the article!

[grantcart]

25. Clinton picks up one Super Delegate Today Obama net +2.5

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4708039&mesg_id=4717060

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26. Clinton Camp Pushes O-Bomber Links: Ignores Her Own Radical Ties

Obama once visited '60s radicals

By: Ben Smith February 22, 2008

February 22, 2008 01:26 PM EST

In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

While Ayers and Dohrn may be thought of in Hyde Park as local activists, they’re better known nationally as two of the most notorious — and unrepentant — figures from the violent fringe of the 1960s anti-war movement.

Now, as Obama runs for president, what two guests recall as an unremarkable gathering on the road to a minor elected office stands as a symbol of how swiftly he has risen from a man in the Hyde Park left to one closing in fast on the Democratic nomination for president.

...
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=3FC289D8-3048-5C12-009AD5180C22FF0B

Clinton Camp Pushes O-Bomber Links: Ignores Her Own Radical Ties

Clinton, Obama Spar on Ties to Radicals

By JUSTIN ROOD
Feb. 22, 2008

The Hillary Clinton campaign pushed to reporters today stories about Barack Obama and his ties to former members of a radical domestic terrorist group -- but did not note that as president, Clinton's husband pardoned more than a dozen convicted violent radicals, including a member of the same group mentioned in the Obama stories

"Wonder what the Republicans will do with this issue," mused Clinton spokesman Phil Singer in one e-mail to the media, containing a New York Sun article reporting a $200 contribution from William Ayers, a founding member of the Weather Underground, to Obama in 2001. (Obama's ties to the radical group first surfaced last week in a Bloomberg News article.)

In a separate e-mail, Singer forwarded an article from Politico.com reporting on a 1995 event at a private home that brought Obama together with Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, another former member of the radical group.

Opting to leave any attacks on the issue to the GOP may be wise, as attacks from Clinton could backfire. In his final day in office, President Clinton pardoned another one-time member of the Weather Underground, Susan L. Rosenberg, after she had served 16 years in prison on federal charges.

...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4330128&page=1

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27. To Those Who Question Obama's "Legislative Accomplishments"

To Those Who Question Obama's "Legislative Accomplishments"

February 22, 2008

When MSNBC's Chris Matthews lit into Barack Obama supporter (and Texas State Senator) Kirk Watson during Tuesday night's election coverage for not being able to list Obama's "legislative accomplishments," you would have inferred from his ferocity that Matthews was on the verge of cracking a major story.

While Matthews stopped short of waterboarding Watson to get a response, he kept at him no less than eight to ten times over the next few minutes, sneering "You have to give me his accomplishments. You've supported him for president, you're on national television -- name his legislative accomplishments."

Clearly without experience in appearing with Matthews and obviously without sufficient background on the recent dynamics in the United States Senate, Watson did indeed look more nervous than Mike Huckabee at a Planned Parenthood rally and failed to respond both in answering the question and, on behalf of the Obama campaign, shutting down the very premise.

...
"Senator Obama knows that the American people are smart enough to see that the Republican party has become committed to doing nothing but blocking legislation that would help the American people and restore our nation to a place of esteem in the world. And they'll further reject Republican claims that any Senator has not passed enough legislation when the GOP has made it their life's work to see that no legislation is allowed to pass.

"More than anything, this demonstrates why a new kind of politics is necessary in Washington and why the American people are ready to turn the page and see all of us begin to accomplish more."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-geiger/to-those-who-question-oba_b_87970.html

[FrenchieCat]

33. Matthews, if he was a journalist, would have been able to list

Obama's accomplishments himself. It's not like they are not easy to find!

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/20/201332/807/36/458633

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

36. Tweety should be renamed "Uncle Creepy"

he seems like such a creepy guy, a lech and a leech.

He gives me the willies. He reminds me of the guys who never look a woman
in the face.

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28. FEINGOLD: I VOTED FOR OBAMA

Feingold says he voted for Obama, and hopes to cast his "Super delegate" vote for Obama as well,
citing the fact that Obama won "62 out of 72 counties and all the congressional districts."

FEINGOLD: I VOTED FOR OBAMA

The Capital Times
2/22/2008 11:59 am

Sen. Russ Feingold said today that he voted for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama in this week's Wisconsin primary and indicated that he likely will vote for Obama's nomination as one of the state's "superdelegates" to the Democratic convention this summer.

"I really do think that at the gut level, this is a chance to do something special" for the nation, Feingold said, adding that electing Obama represents "an enormous historical opportunity for America and for our relationship with the world."

[ginnyinWI]

29. Good for Russ

I expected him to go for Obama. He'd make a nice VP--and is also relatively young, turning 55 in about a week.

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30. Is Pessimism Spreading in Clintonland?]

David Corn says the Clinton campaign is losing confidence -

Is Pessimism Spreading in Clintonland?By David Corn | February 22, 2008 12:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (58)

The talk on Friday morning was not about John and Vicki (that's McCain and Iseman, the lobbyist) but Barack and Hillary, and the closing moment of Thursday night's debate, when they shook hands and Clinton said she was "absolutely honored" to be by Obama's side in the debate. The Clinton campaign, as I've noted elsewhere immediately tried to spin this moment into proof she is more presidential than he is. But it looked to me that she might be tiring of fighting him--and fighting the tide.

Is pessimism setting in within the Clinton camp? Obama is closing in on Clinton in polls in both Texas and Ohio, and campaign trend lines seem to be holding in his favor. A few hours before the debate, I spoke to one of the more prominent Hillary boosters in Washington. This person said, "I'm pretty pessimistic. We're all trying to keep our heads up. Even if she did everything right from this point on and started to close the gap, it might not be enough. She's not going to become a young guy who's an inspirational speaker because it's a better strategy."

This Clintonite laughed sadly at his own quip and went on: "She has played to all of her strengths. But everything has gelled for Obama. He's a sanctimonious guy. But we can't make that case."

I wonder if this person's sentiment is widely shared--or spreading--through Clintonland. And if some Clinton people are now thinking in such terms, what will be their attitude should she fail to beat back Obama in Ohio and Texas? The Clintons are famous for their grit, for not yielding to defeat. Bill Clinton came back from a loss in Arkansas to retake the governor's office and, years later, refused to be driven out of the White House by one damn embarrassing scandal. She survived the Monica madness and won a Senate seat in an adopted state. In 1992, Bill famously told voters he would fight "until the last dog dies." Will that dog be barking--or whimpering--after Ohio and Texas?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

31. Gap Between Dem And GOP Identification Almost At Record High

Less people claiming to be GOP

Gap Between Dem And GOP Identification Almost At Record High
February 22, 2008 9:00 AM
Read the full Gallup poll

More Americans are likely to identify themselves as Democrats than at any time since 2000, according to a Gallup poll conducted Feb.11-14. In the survey 40 percent identified themselves as Democrats, 26 percent as Republicans and 34 percent with neither. Most of the "neithers" considered themselves independents. Gallup said the only time this 14 point gap was higher for the Democrats was in 1998, immediately after the Republican-controlled House impeached former President Clinton. The margin then was 41 percent to 20 percent. For the record, Gallup says the Republican high points - when they were at 39 percent -- occurred in May 1991, right after the Persian Gulf War; Dec. 2003, conducted at the time of the capture of Saddam Hussein; and, Sept. 2004, after the Republican presidential convention.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

32. Hillary's misleading messages (about Super Delegates)

Posted here,

Conflicting messages, which one is it?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4691740

[TheDoorbellRang]

34. K&R

All this work, and no K&R's?

[Moh96]

35. K/R

[Whisp]

37. Nice work, Will. thanks. nt

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38. 21 Yr old Superdelegate schmoozed by Chelsea backs Obama

Superdelegate schmoozed by Chelsea backs Obama

A few weeks ago, 21-year-old Wisconsin superdelegate Jason Rae was taken out to breakfast by Chelsea Clinton in the runup to that state’s Democratic primary.

Two days after the vote, the college junior – who will be the youngest superdelegate at this year’s Democratic National Convention — is undecided no longer: he’s backing Barack Obama.

“The Democratic Party is fortunate to have two very talented individuals running for President this election,” said Rae in a statement released by the Obama campaign Thursday. “It is a difficult choice for anyone, but in the end, the choice for me has become clear. I am proudly supporting Senator Barack Obama.”

He cited Obama’s support from an overwhelming majority of young voters as the major reason for his decision....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/21/superdelegate-schmoozed-by-chelsea-backs-obama/

[The River]

39. K&R

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